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GUESS WHAT EVERYBODY!!!! Renegades is out!!!!! That means, it's time to choose a side. Hero or Villain? Monday night your trials will begin. Will you be a Renegade or an Anarchist? A hero or a villain? You decide when you join us for our Renegades party! Marissa Meyer herself will be in store speaking, signing, … Continue reading Teen Thursday: We Need A Hero…Or Villain. You Decide.
A peek at some of the employee doodles that pop up around the store. To view more posts in this series, click here. — Griffin — Eli — Hanna
Every so often, you come across a passage that makes you thump the arm of your reading chair and yell "EXACTLY!" Below, Eli shares 10 quotes he's found particularly significant. 1. "A question--from other black writers and readers and a voice inside me now began to hover over my work--Why do white people like what … Continue reading 10 quotes Eli can’t stop revisiting
Bonfire by Krysten Ritter: We couldn't be more excited that Krysten Ritter's debut novel is out today, since we have an author event with the Jessica Jones and Don't Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 actress next week! Her novel comes highly recommended by our booksellers. Hanna says, "Once this story takes off, you're in for … Continue reading New Releases: 11/7
Deb Perelman stops by the store tomorrow at 7 p.m. to chat about her newest cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Every Day. No one is more excited about that fact than BookPeople's own Meike Alana! Below, the event staffer recounts her experience making Perelman's Bake Sale Winning-est Gooey Oat Bars. We're salivating! I was hugely excited when I … Continue reading We took the new “Smitten Kitchen” cookbook for a test drive. Here’s what happened.
University Press Week begins today, and all this talk of “fake news” and “alternative facts” has indie bookstores across the country celebrating with renewed vigor. We're particularly excited to rep Austin's own University of Texas Press. Each year, the organization publishes roughly 100 new books filled with information you can trust. Stop by BookPeople this … Continue reading Help us celebrate University of Texas Press!
"I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me." – Tahereh Mafi Film photography by BookPeople’s own Daniel M. Follow him on Instagram @dani.the.street. To see more posts in this series, click here.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson: “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.” So begins one of literature’s most celebrated and terrifying reads – Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. I’m wrapping this one up in celebration of the recent holiday and because re-visiting the … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
The Silmarillion, as reviewed by BookPeople's resident bard, Griffin Mauser. Sonnet: For years I used it to brace up my bed And sorry me I realized I’d not read I’m older now, of pages not too shy So reading then I knew I had to try Creation tale; the world came from a song … Continue reading ‘The Silmarillion’: A review in verse
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